Law 2: Throws, side-by-side jumps, death spirals and steps

A throw jump is partner assisted: the Man throws the Woman into the air on the take-off and she lands without his help. Catching her at the waist is what happens in a twist lift.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 619 (Throw jumps) · recall

The Woman lands a throw jump unassisted on a backward outside edge.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 619 (Throw jumps) · recall

The Man's part is the throw on the take-off; the landing is the Woman's alone, without assistance from her partner.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 619 (Throw jumps) · applied

When the partners' revolutions differ in a jump, it is called as the jump with the lesser number of revolutions.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 619 (Solo jumps) · applied

The rule applies to a jump performed as a solo jump or as part of a combination or sequence: each jump is called with the lesser revolutions of the partners.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 619 (Solo jumps) · applied

Movements performed entirely on two feet must be kept to a minimum.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 619 (General a) · recall

Elements are linked by connecting steps of a different nature and comparable movements, with a variety of positions and holds, using the entire ice surface, in time to the music.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 619 (General, d) · recall

The Man's throw happens on the take-off; the rotation and the landing on a backward outside edge are the Woman's alone.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 619 (Throw jumps) · applied

Each is called with the lesser revolutions of the partners: a single, a double and a triple.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 619 (Solo jumps) · applied

B pairs a triple with a double, so it is called a double; A and D are called triples, C a single.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 619 (Solo jumps) · applied

One skate of the Woman must remain on the ice throughout the death spiral.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 619 (General c) · recall

While the Woman performs the actual death spiral, both partners must complete at least one revolution in the final position.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 619 (Death Spirals) · recall

The Man must be in a full pivot with his knees clearly bent, centred, with a fully extended arm.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 619 (Death Spirals) · recall

Her head must be close to the ice but not touch it, and she may not assist herself with the free hand or any part of her body; her weight is carried by the spiralling edge and the Man's hold.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 619 (Death Spirals) · recall

Any kind of position is counted as a feature if the partners' hold lasts for at least one revolution.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 619 (Death Spirals) · recall

Step sequences are skated together or close together and must fully utilise the ice surface.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 619 (Step sequences) · recall

Credit goes to pairs that change places and holds or use difficult moves together, and the workload must be even between the partners to count for a higher level.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 619 (Step sequences) · recall

In the final position both partners complete at least one revolution, the Man in a bent-knee pivot with his arm fully extended, the Woman on a clean edge with her head close to the ice.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 619 (Death Spirals) · applied

The rules want at least a full pivot with the knees clearly bent; for a possibly higher level the Man stays low, the lower part of his buttocks no higher than the top of his pivot knee.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 619 (Death Spirals) · applied

A low pivot has the lower part of the Man's buttocks no higher than the upper part of the knee of his pivot foot. Only C is that low.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 619 (Death Spirals) · applied